tues.

we drove into this town and when th5 saw the cathedral she hung out the window and yelled "wow. we are in disneyland! it's disneyland! this is so exciting!"


the hot springs were well worth the trip. this was the largest of about four pools. we had the place to ourselves. after our soak the kiddos crashed out in the car and we set out on a search for coffee. the drive home was less eventful as we took a major hwy back north. we did get stopped twice by soldiers and our car searched. at the last checkpoint we took the kids out and witnessed eight soldiers melt. behind cammo and guns - eyes softened at the sight of an infant in tyedye and a little blonde barefoot shirtless girl playing in the dirt. when it was fine to leave we herad over and over "thank you my friend, thank you my friend". by that time a migrane was coming on and i had no energy to take photos. i missed so many photo ops this trip as i was preoccupied with maps and taking it all in. we will have to go back.